Zamfara State Police Command has arrested 8 suspects over banditry-related offences, criminal conspiracy, robbery and fraud. Addressing newsmen at the State Police headquarters in Gusau, the police spokesman, S P Mohammed Shehu said 15 locally fabricated firearms were also recovered from the suspects. ”One hundred and forty-six rounds of AK47 …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has vowed to impose stiffer sanctions on financial institutions hoarding the new naira notes. The apex bank issued the threat on Wednesday in reaction to the allegation that enough notes were not released. Musa Jimoh, Director of the Payment System Management Department, denied the …
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Former Nigerian lawmaker and social critic, Senator Shehu Sani has alleged that the failures of the ruling All Progressives Congress administration is making things difficult for Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. His statement was contained in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Sani also claimed that …
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Chelsea is among the three English Premier League, EPL, clubs fighting to sign Brighton’s Moises Caicedo. This was disclosed by transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. According to Romano, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal are battling for Caicedo’s signature. Romano tweeted: “Three clubs are …
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Amid his face-off with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned those plotting to punish him. Wike warned that those plotting to punish him for insisting on fairness and equity in PDP would lose the election. He spoke during the …
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The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Sector Command has warned all political parties against using illegally-branded number plates for the 2023 campaign rallies. The FRSC said it was inundated with reports of such practices among political parties in Ogun State, describing it as a clear contravention of the National …
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The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the killing of 27 pastoralists from an airstrike in the Doma Local Government Area of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figures to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in …
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Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in this year’s elections, has promised to make the North the jewel of the country. In a rally of a mammoth crowd as well as town hall meetings of women and youths in Gombe State, Obi and his running mate, …
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The Abia State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah has expressed shock over the demise of Professor Uchenna Ikonne. Until his death, Ikonne was the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in Abia State for the March 11, 2022, governorship election and former Vice Chancellor …
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OFFICES of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, across Ondo State, were besieged, yesterday, by prospective voters who wanted to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs. INEC officials had a hectic time controlling the large turnout of prospective voters who besieged their offices. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had declared Tuesday as a …
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